In this episode of One-on-One with CoinAfrica, Louis Dike sits down with Franklin Peters, CEO of BoundlessPay, founder of Blockchain Vibes, and Chairman of the Board of the Virtual Asset Service Providers Association (VASPA).
Franklin shares his personal journey into crypto, the origins of Boundless Pay, Africa’s cross-border payments challenges, the rise of stablecoins, fundraising realities for African startups, crypto regulation, and what it will take to build Africa’s first crypto unicorn.
If you’re interested in crypto, fintech, stablecoins, payments, blockchain innovation, or Africa’s digital economy, this conversation is for you.
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⏱️ Chapters
00:00 Introduction
01:17 Who Is Franklin Peters?
04:13 The Problem That Led Him Into Crypto
06:05 Building One of Nigeria’s Early Crypto Exchanges
08:54 Boundless Pay and the Fundraising Journey
13:58 Why Africa Leads Global Crypto Adoption
16:26 Payments Fragmentation Across Africa 19:01 How Stablecoins Are Solving Cross-Border Payments
21:15 Why a Single African Currency Remains Difficult
23:10 How The World Misunderstands African Finance
26:22 Has Moving Money Across Africa Become Easier?
27:53 Richard Teng’s Stablecoin Thesis
29:06 How Stablecoins Will Transform African Commerce
31:14 What Good Crypto Regulation Should Look Like 36:07 Why African Crypto Builders Need Better Support
36:42 The Biggest Mistakes African Startups Make
40:18 Knowing When To Raise Capital
41:20 Payments, AI or Infrastructure? Where Builders Should Focus
42:51 Why Infrastructure Businesses Win
43:20 Building Crypto Communities in Africa
44:37 What Success Looks Like For Africa’s Crypto Industry
46:31 Can Africa Produce Crypto Unicorns?
47:24 Africa’s Most Underrated Crypto Market 48:00 Why Uganda Deserves More Attention
48:49 Final Thoughts
49:13 Outro
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📌 Key Topics Covered:
• Franklin Peters’ crypto origin story
• The evolution from BitFXT to Boundless Pay
• Stablecoins and African payments infrastructure
• Cross-border payments in Africa
• Crypto fundraising challenges
• Nigeria’s regulatory landscape
• Building startups during bear markets
• Infrastructure vs consumer crypto products
• Community building in Web3
• Africa’s path to producing crypto unicorns
• Why Uganda is an underrated crypto market
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